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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows (Pieridae) » Whites (Pierinae) » Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, Albatrosses (Pierini) » Checkered Whites (Pontia) » Becker's White - Hodges#4191 (Pontia beckerii)
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white butterfly - Pontia beckerii
Copyright © 2016 Todd Stefanic

white butterfly - Pontia beckerii
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Wapi Flow, Wood Rd. Kipuka, Blaine County, Idaho, USA
June 22, 2016
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Contributed by Todd Stefanic on 31 July, 2016 - 6:53pm
Last updated 11 August, 2016 - 7:10pm

yes - looks like Becker's
There are Checkered Whites with no more dark pattern than this, but the pattern is slightly different.

Moved from Butterflies and Skippers.
… David J. Ferguson, 11 August, 2016 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 11 August, 2016 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

Pontia species
It's in the genus Pontia, but I don't have to deal with the western species often enough to be confident and the angle makes viewing the upper wings a bit more difficult. It's a male and there are too few marginal spots in the forewing for Checkered White. It is most like Becker's White, Pontia beckerii.
… Ken Allison, 4 August, 2016 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

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